Why post-Covid fungal infection is new worry

New Delhi: Low immunity among people recovering from Covid-19, either due to the infection or medicines administered, is leading to a unique crisis. Doctors at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH), one of the leading city hospitals, say many patients are developing mucormycosis, a rare-but-deadly fungal infection. It has been a cause of death in patients requiring prolonged ICU stay. However, it is the rapid increase in the numbers seen in unsuspected recovering Covid-19 patients that is causing the grave concern, SGRH states. ....read more

Public health aspects of COVID-19

A once in a lifetime pandemic, COVID-19 is an unprecedented public health emergency. Join us today on Medtalks with Dr K K Aggarwal at 7:00 pm for a discussion on the various public health aspects of COVID-19.Just click on www.facebook.com/drkkaggarwal or https://perfecthealthmela.com/vevent2/hall1a.php

CMAAO Coronavirus Facts and Myth Buster: Mucocutaneous manifestations of MIS-C; Baricitinib plus remdesivir

With input from Dr Monica Vasudev 1210: DG Alerts: Mucocutaneous manifestations of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children: An array of mucocutaneous findings was identified in hospitalized children with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) or suspected MIS-C during the COVID-19 pandemic, reported a case series published in JAMA Dermatology. Of the patients assessed, 83% developed mucocutaneous changes, with the most common being conjunctival injection, palmoplantar erythema, lip hyperemia, periorbital erythema and edema, strawberry tongue, and malar erythema. Other cutaneous morphologic findings included scarlatiniform eruptions, morbilliform eruptions, urticarial eruptions, and reticulated eruptions. Among those with mucocutaneous changes, 19 patients experienced fever a mean of 2.7 days (range, 1-7 days) prior to the recognition of the first mucocutaneous finding. The duration of mucocutaneous findings ranged from hours to days (median duration, 5 days [range, 0-11 days]). ....read more

World COVID Meter 14th December: Acute manageable immunogenic thrombogenic inflammatory viral disease pandemic

Cases: 1M April 2, 2M April 15, 3M April 27, 4M May 8, 5M May 20, 6M May 30, 7M June 7, 8M June 15, 9M June 22, 10M June 29th, 11M July 4, 12M July 8, 13M July 13, 14M July 17, 15M July 23, 16M July 25, 17M July 29, 18M August 1, 19M August 6, 20M August 10, 21M August 16, 22M August 19, 23M August 21, 24M August 27, 25M August 30, 26M September 3, 27M September 7, 28M September 10, 29M September 14, 30M September 18, 31M September 21, 32M September 23, 33M September 28, 34M October 1, 35M October 4, 36M October 8, 37M October 11, 38M October 14, 39M October 17, 40M October 19, 41M October 22, 42M October 24, 43M October 26, 44M October 28, 45M October 30, 46M November 2, 47M November 4, 48M November 6, 49M November 7, 50M November 8, 51M November 10, 52M November 12, 53M November 14, 54M November 15, 55M November 17, 56M November 19, 57M November 20, 58M November 22, 59M November 24, 60M November 25, 61M November 27, 62M November 29, 63M December 1, 64M December 2, 65M December 4, 66M December 6, 67M December 7, 68M December 9, 69M December 10, 70M December 12, 71M December 13 Ground Zero: Wuhan - in live animal market or cafeteria for animal pathogens: 10th January; Total cases are based on RT PCR, 67% sensitivity Coronavirus Cases: 72,627,681 Deaths: 1,618,486 Recovered: 50,850,683 ACTIVE CASES 20,158,512 ....read more

Sewa the best dharma

Offering help is the best service to the humanity. As per Sikhism, Sewa (unconditional service), Simran (meditation) and Satsang (company of good people) constitute the trio to acquire happiness and spiritual health. In Sikhism, Sewa is the main path for acquiring spiritualism. In Gurudwara, one even offers sewa by cleaning the shoes of others or by cleaning the entry paths to any Gurudwara. Offering help covers all the paths of being a Satyugi, i.e., truthfulness, unconditional hard work, purity of mind and finally, Daya and Daan. When you offer help, you always do it in a positive state of mind and it involves hard work, mercy and charity. ....read more

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Covid-19 vaccine’s initial scarcity leads to tough choices for hospitals

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Emergency room doctor Stephanie Gonzalez spent this month eagerly waiting to hear if she would be one of the first to get the Covid-19 vaccine. Throughout the pandemic, she said, she has feared bringing the virus home to an adult daughter with autism who needs her mother’s help to dress, shower and eat.

Biocon, Mylans diabetic drug receives positive opinion from European Medicines Agency

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NEW DELHI: Biotechnology firm Biocon on Monday said its subsidiary Biocon Biologics and Mylan have received a positive opinion from the European Medicines Agencys committee for medicinal products for human use (CHMP) recommending approval of the market authorisation of their product Kixelle use for the treatment of type 1 and 2 diabetes. "Biocon Biologics and Mylan (a subsidiary of Viatris Inc.) have received a positive opinion from the European Medicines Agencys committee for medicinal products for human use (CHMP) recommending approval of the market authorisation of Kixelle, a biosimilar Insulin Aspart, which is a rapid acting insulin for the treatment of type 1 and 2 diabetes," Biocon said in a regulatory filing.

US begins transportation of COVID-19 vaccine to distribution points around the country

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Cargo planes and trucks with the first US shipments of coronavirus vaccine fanned out from FedEx and UPS hubs in Tennessee and Kentucky on Sunday en route to distribution points around the country, launching an immunisation project of unprecedented scope and complexity. The first of the inoculations are likely to be at vaccination sites closest to any of the 145 initial shipment destinations nationwide, or those nearest the FedEx Corp or United Parcel Service cargo centres that are relaying deliveries from the factory. Governor Andy Beshear of Kentucky suggested the very first injections of the vaccine will be given in his state, home to the UPS Worldport sorting facility in Louisville – one of two distribution command centres. The other is the FedEx air cargo hub in Memphis, Tennessee.

Canada administers first doses of COVID-19 vaccine

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Canada administered its first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, becoming one of the first countries to do so in the effort to beat back the pandemic. Five front-line workers in Ontario were among the first Canadians to receive the vaccine at one of Toronto’s hospitals. Anita Quidangen, a personal support worker who worked throughout a COVID-19 outbreak at the Rekai Centre nursing home in Toronto, got the first dose in Ontario.